Improvement in buttons



tiuitexl Y tant @tutti @time LABS A. JEFFERSON, OF BRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT. Lem/f5 Para: No. 87,262, dated Fam/ry 23,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

vThe Schedulexefenve to in these Letters Patent and making of the same.

4lo altfwhom it nza/y concern Be itfkuownlthat I, LAns A. JEFFERSON, ofBridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Improvement in Shirt-Stud; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,-andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,

and exaetdescription of the same, and which said -tached tol the shankof the principal head, through which said shank a headed spindle passes,provided with -a spring, which forcesjthe said spindle against the jointof the divided head, so that the force of the said spring will retainthe divided head either in a closedor flat open position.

In orderto the clear understanding of my invention, I will fullydescribe the same as illustrated in the aecompanying drawings.

A- is the head, or base, which is covered with any` ornamentationdesired.

B, the shank, fixed to or made a part of the said head A.A

'Io the said shank, are hinged the two parts, a a, of a divided head, sothat the said two parts 'may be folded or opened, as denoted in fig, 4.

Through the shank passes a spindle, d, formed with a head, c, restingagainst the hinge of the two parts a, and upon the opposite end of thesaid spindle is ar.- rangeda spring, f, (see iig. 3,) so as vto bearupon the said spindle with sucient force to prevent the accidentalturning of the parts a a. c

To insert the stud, fold the two parts a together, as seen in fig. 4,and when inserted, openl the two parts, as also seen in iig. 4, thespindle d holding the parts, when turned into either position, by thepressure of the spring thereon.

Having fully described my invention,

WhatI claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

`The two parts a, of the one head, hinged together upon the shank B, ofthe other head, and combined with the spindle d, through the shank, soas 'to operate substantially in the manner set forth.

LABS A. JEFFERSON.

Witnesses:

A. J. TrBBiTs, J. H. SHUMWAY.

